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Candidates Who are the candidates for the election?

There are three main candidates for the current presidential election, President Museveni, Kizza Besigye and Amama Mbabazi.

Museveni has remained in power since winning the Ugandan civil war in 1986.

Besigye was once the personal physician to Museveni, but contested against him in the last 3 elections and lost.

Mbabazi was the Ugandan PM from 2011-2014 and was dismissed after announcing his presidential bid.

Issues What are the main issues Ugandans want addressed?

High unemployment rates, corruption in governance, and the quality of public services are some of the major issues that Ugandan citizens want addressed.

The utilization of the country's oil reserves, discovered in 2006 has also been the subject of much debate.

In light of these circumstances, the top three candidates highlighted infrastructure development, fighting corruption, creating jobs and improving health care as their priorities.

Museveni lifts limit for presidential terms in Uganda

In 2005, a year before President Museveni was to complete his final term, a constitutional referendum was held, which cancelled a 19-year ban on multi-party politics and more importantly, lifted presidential term limits.

Scandal Issues with the current election campaigns

International observers reported increasing instances of government crackdowns on opposition leaders, rallies and supporters

Amama Mbabazi and Kizza Besigye's election rallies were broken up over allegations that they were unsanctioned.

They have also alleged to have restricted access to media.

Observers pointed out that the state-owned Uganda Broadcasting Corporation gave President Museveni 44% of its airtime, Mr Mbabazi 24%, and Mr Besigye 4%.

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16 Feb 2016Uganda opposition candidate held by police

Kizza Besigye, one of Uganda's main opposition candidates was briefly detained by police ahead of presidential elections in the country.

Mr Besigye has in the past lost three disputed elections against long-time leader Yoweri Museveni and has been arrested several times.

Yoweri Museveni, 71, has been in power for 30 years and is running for a fifth term in office.

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18 Feb 2016Uganda blocks social media for elections

The Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) blocked social media in Uganda following complaints that social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram etc. was being used for campaigning despite campaigns officially ending on February 16.

The UCC said that the platforms would be unblocked after the security situation was assessed.

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni said that the sites were blocked to stop people from "telling lies".